Nick Pietrosante
Nicholas Vincent Pietrosante
Born: September 10, 1937
Ansonia, CT USA
Deceased: February 6, 1988
Royal Oak, MI
Position: FB
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 225
College: Notre Dame
High School: Notre Dame (West Haven, CT)
Career: 1959-1967
Drafted: 1959 in Round 1, #6 overall by the Detroit Lions
Nick Pietrosante played from 1959 to 1967 during his career with the Cleveland Browns and Detroit Lions. Pietrosante ran for 4,026 yards in his career on 955 attempts, scoring 28 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 141 passes for 1,391 yards and 2 receiving touchdowns..
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 37 | 37.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 37 | 118.8 |
| 1964 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 37 | 18.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 37 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | NFL Detroit Lions | 76 | 447 | 5.9 | 37 | 3 |
| 1960 | NFL Detroit Lions | 161 | 872 | 5.4 | 57 | 8 |
| 1961 | NFL Detroit Lions | 201 | 841 | 4.2 | 42 | 5 |
| 1962 | NFL Detroit Lions | 134 | 445 | 3.3 | 22 | 2 |
| 1963 | NFL Detroit Lions | 112 | 418 | 3.7 | 22 | 5 |
| 1964 | NFL Detroit Lions | 147 | 536 | 3.6 | 21 | 4 |
| 1965 | NFL Detroit Lions | 107 | 374 | 3.5 | 12 | 1 |
| 1966 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 7 | 20 | 2.9 | 8 | 0 |
| 1967 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 10 | 73 | 7.3 | 31 | 0 |
| Totals | 955 | 4026 | 4.2 | 57 | 28 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | NFL Detroit Lions | 16 | 140 | 8.8 | 20 | 0 |
| 1960 | NFL Detroit Lions | 13 | 129 | 9.9 | 28 | 0 |
| 1961 | NFL Detroit Lions | 26 | 315 | 12.1 | 76 | 0 |
| 1962 | NFL Detroit Lions | 26 | 251 | 9.7 | 26 | 2 |
| 1963 | NFL Detroit Lions | 16 | 173 | 10.8 | 24 | 0 |
| 1964 | NFL Detroit Lions | 19 | 152 | 8.0 | 20 | 0 |
| 1965 | NFL Detroit Lions | 18 | 163 | 9.1 | 54 | 0 |
| 1966 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| 1967 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 6 | 56 | 9.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Totals | 141 | 1391 | 9.9 | 76 | 2 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | NFL Detroit Lions | 5 | 98 | 19.6 | 24 | 0 |
| 1960 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 58 | 29.0 | 36 | 0 |
| 1966 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Totals | 9 | 165 | 18.3 | 36 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | NFL Detroit Lions | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1960 | NFL Detroit Lions | 4 | 1 | 12 | 0 | |||
| 1961 | NFL Detroit Lions | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1962 | NFL Detroit Lions | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1963 | NFL Detroit Lions | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1964 | NFL Detroit Lions | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1965 | NFL Detroit Lions | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 29 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1959 | NFL Detroit Lions | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| 1960 | NFL Detroit Lions | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||||
| 1961 | NFL Detroit Lions | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| 1962 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| 1963 | NFL Detroit Lions | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| 1964 | NFL Detroit Lions | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| 1965 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Totals | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 180 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 10 | 0 |
| 1960 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 12 | 0 |
| 1961 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 14 | 0 |
| 1962 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 13 | 0 |
| 1963 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 12 | 0 |
| 1964 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 14 | 0 |
| 1965 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 14 | 6 |
| 1966 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 13 | 0 |
| 1967 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 14 | 0 |
